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Weekend video choiceAs Britain's postal workers vote to strike and the Royal Mail seems doomed, Tom Nairn dissects the servile, postman like nature of those trapped in the British polity and points to a way outDoes the institution of money transform us through becoming the metaphor for all social relations, or is money universal because all is exchange?
Do Cameron's words on civil liberties and democratic reform sound true? Guy Aitchison, in Manchester promoting Power2010, doubts it
A change in the Afghan war's character has momentous implications for Washington
James Galbraith talks about Paul Krugman's NYT article, "How Did Economists Get It So Wrong?", the academic discipline after the crash, the forgotten
traditions in economics, the economics and law of fraud and much else
over breakfast at the Goodenough Club
US and UK debate Afghan strategy and more in today's Security Briefing
States are not so much declining, failing and yielding as transforming their very nature. The network is the right metaphor to grasping the new state's complexity
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regional crisis created mainly by disastrous Soviet policies will only
be exacerbated by the challenges of climate change
Borders are being rapidly redrawn through the processes of globalisation, and we should concentrate more on what pulls together than what isolates. Watch the video
Ankara is renegotiating its pro-west commitments and its Islamic family-ties
Alice Welbourn questions the role of the health authorities
in caring for their own health staff with HIV
George Papandreou, today with a majority in the Greek parliament, talked to Anthony Barnett in December 2004 as he set out to transform Greek politics
Alexander Podrabinek, a former Soviet dissident, provoked a furore when he criticised pro-USSR revisionism on his blog
The dispute over Iran’s nuclear plans creates a perilous three-way dynamic that may lead to war
A portrait of a proud, independent and brave Syrian artist who chose the unthinkable
In the context of recent pressure for proportional representation, Jeremy Gilbert argues that Labour will have to adjust to a newly pluralist politics
The American president's political instincts undermine his capacity to make change
The Irish people's second vote on the Lisbon treaty reveals a serious "democratic deficit"
English identification with Britain is crumbling, despite official efforts to revive ‘Britishness'
An al-Qaida militant calls on Germany to leave Afghanistan. But why does he wear a suit and tie?
Russia has good reasons to respond positively to Obama's move away from missile defence. But realpolitik suggests they will not
prevail
Germany's federal elections bring about a fundamental alteration of its political landscape, argues Dennis Nottebaum
European pressure is forcing its microstates to adapt. But Andorrans seek their own reinvention
Europe's last dictator recently visited an EU country for the first time in a decade. Europe requires more democracy and economic liberalisation, but only Russia can offer his regime any hope of survival
Isabel Hilton reads the claim as an inauspicious move in the smoke and mirrors of multilateral climate diplomacy, while Julian Wong argues it is the real thing.
Liberalism implies an individualism which makes no room for institutions, non-choice based groups or the power these exercise. So what does its success imply? Jeremy Gilbert tries to get to the heart of his disagreement with Rosemary Bechler, David Marquand and John Rawls
Hu Jintao walks tall in the world, but at home China's anniversary party is shadowed by fear
An argument over Czech science funding would have worried philosopher and national dissident hero Jan Patocka
The economic crisis will change the attitude of the middle classes towards government and business long-term. The corporate world needs to rediscover good behaviour for its own good
The world is embracing nuclear diplomacy anew. Britain is a case-study in an evolving process
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